Pycnoptychia

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Pycnoptychia
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Shell of Pycnoptychia humboldtii johnsoni (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Pycnoptychia

Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 [1]

Pycnoptychia is a genus of a land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocoptidae. [2]

Distribution

This genus lives in Cuba. [2]

Ecology

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia are a ground dwelling species in Cuba. [3]

Species

Species in the genus Pycnoptychia include:

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References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta E. G. (1898). Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1898: 271, 275.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  3. Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi : 10.1155/2010/149879.